DR. LIANA VALENTE Educator – Administrator - Performer
[email protected] +1 703-879-5821 https://drvalente.omegatower.com/
TEACHING POSITIONS
Howard University – Assistant Professor of Classical Voice, 2015 - Present Washington, DC Classical Voice Area Coordinator
Courses Taught: Graduate and Undergraduate Applied Voice, Graduate and Undergraduate Vocal Pedagogy, Diction for Singers, Graduate Vocal Song Literature, Student Recital, Undergraduate and Graduate Solo Recitals Courses Directed: Opera Theater Workshop Fall 2018: A Game of Chance by Seymour Barab Fall 2017: PREMIERE scenes from Kinyamaswa by Jay Vosk and Andreas Morgner Spring 2016: Sunday Excursion Alec Wilder (excerpt) Fall 2015: A Game of Chance by Seymour Barab (excerpt) Advising Duties: Adviser of record for Vocal Performance Majors, music minors Courses Created: Expanded Diction for Singers sequence College of Fine Arts Committee responsibilities: Recruitment and Retention 2018 - 2020 Admissions 2017 - 2019 Dept. Committee Responsibilities: Scholarship Committee Chairperson Present Curriculum Committee member 2017 - 2018 Curriculum Committee Chairperson 2016 – 2017 Executive Committee member 2015 - Present Other Service to the Department: Submitted and implemented modifications to the BM Performance course requirements Coordinated Classical Voice Area Student Recitals each semester Prepared student performers for national and local competitions and graduate school auditions Created video audition protocol for prospective classical voice students Organized in-person auditions for prospective students Modified Classical Voice jury rubric and forms Facilitated Howard University Music Department becoming an institutional member of the National Federation of Music Clubs Coordinated Music Faculty Showcase recitals Grants Received: Howard University Summer Fellowship Grant (2019 – 2020) Reginald Lewis Travel Grants for Faculty (2016 – 2018)
Rollins College – Adjunct Professor of Voice 2011 - 2013 Winter Park, Florida, 32789
Courses Taught: Applied Voice, Diction for Singers
University of South Florida – Resident Artist, Instructor of Music 2008 - 2010 Tampa, Florida 33620
Courses Taught: Applied Voice, Performance Class Courses Designed: Vocal Pedagogy, Vocal Literature
Polk State College - Instructor of Music 2006 – 2008 Winter Haven, Florida 33881 Courses Taught: Applied Voice, Applied Violin Courses Designed: Diction for Singers Dr. Liana Valente, page 2 Harrison School for the Arts - Instructor of Voice 2006 – 2013 Lakeland, Florida 33801
Courses Taught: Applied Voice for Musical Theater and Choral Departments Prepared students for NATS and SETC regional and national auditions Prepared students for college auditions
Wesleyan College - Assistant Professor of Music 2001 - 2005 Macon, Georgia 31210
Courses Taught: Applied Voice, Applied Violin, Voice Class, Music Theory II and III (Tonal Harmony and Analysis), Song Literature, Diction for Singers, Women as Portrayed in Opera Courses Designed: Opera/Musical Theater Performance and Production class, College Chamber Orchestra, Orchestral Conducting Internship, Vocal Pedagogy Independent Study Courses Directed: Senior Recitals and Research Projects, Student Internships Advising Duties: Advisor of record for Music Majors, Music Minors, and undeclared sophomore non-music majors Committee Responsibilities: The Lamar Lecture Committee, Chairperson Programs and Exhibitions Committee, Secretary Admission Committee, Member Junior/Senior Study Abroad Committee, Member Faculty Grievance Committee, Member Grants Received: NEA Grant (2003); Faculty Classroom Enrichment Grants awarded by the Dean’s Office (2001 – 2005); Faculty Travel Grants (2001 – 2004) Other Service to the College: Developed and co-directed the 2003 Leadership Institute program, “Artist as Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship as Art,” held in Santa Fe, New Mexico
MidSummer Macon - Voice Area Coordinator Summer 2002 and 2003 Macon, Georgia 31210
Courses Taught: Applied Voice, Applied Violin, Voice Class, Intermediate and Advanced Music Theory (Harmony and Analysis), Singing for the Musical Theater Courses Designed: Recital Preparation and Performance, Musical Theater Repertoire and Performance, Vocal Master Classes, Audition Class Featured Performances: Performed Headliner Recitals with pianists John Roberts (2003) and Susan McDuffie (2002)
Private Voice Studio 1990 – Present
Prepared students for undergraduate, graduate, and professional auditions and competitions Coordinated Recital Showcases Coached operatic, oratorio, song literature, and musical theater repertoire Coached rock, pop, and country national and international performers Served as adjudicator for regional, national and international vocal competitions including Classical Singer winter and spring auditions; NFMC Young Artist Competition; ENKOR International competition; Florida Federation of Music Clubs Junior Festival; NATS state and regional competitions; Virginia Music Teachers Association Classical and Music Theater auditions; Florida State Thespian Competitions
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS Dr. Liana Valente, page 3
United Nations Department of Global Communications Present UN Headquarters, New York, NY 68th UN Civil Society Conference workshops sub-committee member
National Federation of Music Clubs 1646 W Smith Valley Road, Greenwood, IN 46142 NFMC Representative to the United Nations Dept. of Public Information 2016 - Present Music in Schools and Colleges, Chairperson 2017 - Present Music in Schools and College, Southeastern Chairperson 2015 - 2017 FAMA (Fund for the Advancement of Musical Arts) Board Member 2013 - Present
Virginia Federation of Music Clubs Coordinator of State Student/Collegiate Biennial Competition 2017, 2019 2nd Vice President 2016 - 2018
Loudoun Lyric Opera The Resident Opera Company of Loudoun County in Northern Virginia Board of Directors and Artistic Board member 2015 - 2016
Sigma Alpha Iota Philanthropies, Inc. One Tunnel Road, Asheville, North Carolina 28805 Director, People to People Project 2009 – 2015 Evaluated aid applications and fulfilled requests for materials and assistance Coordinated local, regional, and national fundraising efforts Created relationships with music publishers, instrument distributors and others in the music field to facilitate purchase of materials and donations Worked with leaders in the logistics industry to move materials nationally and internationally Fostered relationships with musicians and music educators in need around the globe Cultivated relationships with other global aid organizations Created final report protocols for all aid recipients
The Tuesday Music Club of Lakeland (now the Lakeland Music Club) VP and Chair, Programs Committee 2009 – 2013 Coordinated eight-month season of programs for monthly meetings including the annual Members’ Showcase and Sunday Musicale Wrote press releases and notices for local and regional media Served as web master for the TMC web site: Musicclublakeland.org
The Opera Theater of Lakeland Clermont, Florida 34713-5305 Director of Educational Outreach 2008 – 2009 Created, coordinated, and presented all educational outreach programs for OTL including in-school performances and public attendance at open dress rehearsals Developed all educational outreach and promotional materials Built collaborative relationships with arts administrators, theater boards, school teachers and other local and regional professional artists and organizations Coordinated local and regional auditions for OTL
Sigma Alpha Iota One Tunnel Road, Asheville, North Carolina 28805 Chair, Honorary Membership Committee 2006 – 2009 Evaluated applications submitted by national and international chapters Submitted approval notices to NH after conferring with committee members
PREMIERES Dr. Liana Valente, page 4
Calvary Baptist Church Friday Morning Music Club Composers Concert Series February 2019 Washington, DC Dr. Sharon Guertin Shafer: The Dream of Knife, Fork and Spoon A song commissioned by Liana Valente Poem by American poet Kimiko Hahn
Sigma Alpha Iota DC Alumnae Chapter Fall Meeting September 2018 Potomac, MD Dr. Sharon Guertin Shafer: Seasons
Old Town Hall Friday Morning Music Club Composers Concert Series April 2017 Fairfax, VA Shafer and Valente: Family Pet Saves the Day, Again! an innovative audience-participation performance piece
Calvary Baptist Church Friday Morning Music Club Composers Concert Series December 2016 Washington, DC Dr. Sharon Guertin Shafer: Wedding Song
Calvary Baptist Church Friday Morning Music Club Composers Concert Series February 2016 Washington, DC David Rubinstein: That Music Always Round Me
Old Town Hall Bonita Lestina Concert Series January 2016 Fairfax, VA F L Dunkin Wedd: My Lovely Day and She Wishes for Breast Implants
Woman’s Club I Love Red Poppies: A Multi-Media Premiere April 2015 of Arlington Joel Weiss: I Love Red Poppies Arlington, VA A Song Cycle commissioned by Liana Valente
National Federation of Annual Conference June 2014 Music Clubs A Musical Moment Portland, OR Joel Weiss: “The Gleaner” from I Love Red Poppies
Catholic University An Afternoon of New Music April 2013 of America Dr. Jason Lovelace: Forecast in Lydian Washington, DC A song written for Liana Valente
Tuesday Music Club Celebrating Contemporary Music March 2013 Lakeland, FL 15 Minutes of Fame - A Project of Vox Novus featuring 15 one-minute compositions written for Soprano/Pianist Liana Valente
College Music Society Southern Regional Conference February 2011 Memphis, TN Dr. Jason Lovelace: A Tale of Three Cyclones A Song Cycle commissioned by Liana Valente
Tuesday Music Club Annual Member Showcase Dr. Rose Grace January 2011 Lakeland, FL William Vollinger: Let’s Talk (I’m So Sorry I’m Late) A Performance piece written with and for Liana Valente *2019 Award - American Prize Special Judges' Citation for "Skilled theatrical sense and abundant humor utilizing materials from other sources."
Tuesday Music Club Parade of American Music with Dr. Rose Grace November 2009 Lakeland, FL Sponsored by the National Federation of Music Clubs Christine Arens: Collage of Clicking Clichés A Song Cycle commissioned by Liana Valente
Texas A&M University TAMU Faculty Composer’s Concert with Andrea Imhoff March 2009 College Station, TX Marty Regan: A Long Gay Book Three Poems by Tanikowa Shuntaro
Dr. Liana Valente, page 5 College Music Society Super Regional Conference February 2008 Baton Rouge, LA Composers Concert I with pianist Dr. Chan Kiat Lim Timothy J. Brown: Dreams Kept, Dreams Deferred A Song Cycle written for Liana Valente
Wesleyan College Faculty Recital with pianist Richard Mercier March 2005 Macon, GA Three Generations of North American Women Composers Judy Strubhar Ross: My Soul Cries Out (A Cycle of Reflective Songs) A Song Cycle commissioned by Liana Valente
CONFERENCES, LECTURE RECITALS AND WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS
National Federation 60th Biennial Convention June 2019 of Music Clubs Opening Session Address Jacksonville, FL NFMC and the United Nations
Sound Diplomacy 7th Music Cities Convention October 2018 Lafayette, LA Panel Member: Diverse Communities – Music, Diversity and City Development
College Music Society Expanding the Classical Vocal Canon: March 2018 NE Regional Conference Observations from an HBCU Voice Studio University of Delaware A lecture-recital with pianist Anne Lee
Aging and Society Seventh Interdisciplinary Conference November 2017 Berkeley, CA Quantifying the Abstract: Is There a Correlation Between Participating in Fine Arts Activities and Improved Quality of Life?
College Music Society Dreams Kept, Dreams Deferred July 2017 International Conference A lecture recital featuring the song cycle by Dr. Timothy Brown Sydney, Australia with pianist James Welch
College Music Society Expanding the Classical Vocal Canon: March 2017 Mid-Atlantic Regional Observations from an HBCU Voice Studio Conference A lecture-recital with pianist Laurie Bunn Towson University, MD
Virginia Music Fall Conference October 2016 Teachers Association The Art of Collaborating in the 21st Century: Winchester, VA Supporting Your Local Composers
Rappahannock Survey of American Song – a Lecture Recital October 2016 Music Club Featuring repertoire by established and emerging Montross, VA American composers
National Association of 54th National Conference July 2016 Teachers of Singing NATS Talks (in a TED Talk-type format) Chicago, IL From Commission to Premiere - Collaborating to Bring New Music to Life: The “ins and outs” of commissioning and premiering new works
Portsmouth Music Club Opera Beyond the Score: A Lecture Recital May 2016 Portsmouth, VA An exploration of history, style, and performance practice from the Baroque period to today with Oksana Lutsyshyn, piano
Dr. Liana Valente, page 6 Howard University 2015 – 2016 Theory and Composition Symposium April 2016 Department of Music The Art of Collaborating in the 21st Century - Washington, DC Supporting Your Local Composers
Howard University Building a Foundation for Success February 2016 Dept. of Theatre Arts Lecture-Discussion presented at Dept. Town Hall Meeting Washington, DC
Sigma Alpha Iota The People-to-People Project, A Retrospective July 2015 National Convention My final report to the fraternity Chicago, IL
Virginia Federation of A Taste of Contemporary Vocal Music April 2015 Music Clubs A Lecture-Recital State Convention Featuring music written for Dr. Valente Roanoke, VA
Springfield Music Club A New Music Sampler April 2015 Fairfax, VA A Lecture-Demonstration Featuring music written for Dr. Valente
Sigma Alpha Iota Iota A Province Weekend April 2015 College Park, MD The People-to-People Project: An Overview
MD Music Teachers Sight-Singing in the Piano Studio - April 2014 Association From the Early Years On Rockville, MD A Demonstration Workshop
Sigma Alpha Iota Iota C Province Day April 2014 Shepherd University Keynote Speaker
College Music Society The Art of Collaborating in the 21st Century February 2014 Joint Regional A Demonstration Conference Featuring music written for Dr. Liana Valente Knoxville, TN
Tuesday Music Club Parade of American Music November 2012 Lakeland, FL Celebrating Contemporary American Art Song Featuring music from 1900 to the present
Florida State Sight-Singing in the Piano Studio - November 2012 Music Teachers From the Early Years On: A Demonstration Workshop Association Deerfield Beach, FL
Sigma Alpha Iota The People-to-People Project August 2012 National Convention Honoring the Past – Looking Towards the Future Atlanta, GA
National Federation The Joy of Collaboration - Bringing New Music To Life June 2012 of Music Clubs A Lecture-Recital with Sharon Wesbrook, piano Indianapolis, IN Featuring music of Judy Ross, Derek Healey, Timothy Brown, and Christine Arens
College Music Society Speaking for Those Who Have No Voice - February 2012 Southern Regional Music of William Vollinger and Judy Ross Conference with Patrick Fleitz, piano and Rebecca Vincent, clarinet Tampa, FL
Dr. Liana Valente, page 7 Florida State From Commission to Premiere - November 2011 Music Teachers Collaborating to Bring New Music to Life Association Featuring music by William Vollinger, John Valerio and Judy Ross Daytona Beach, FL with Dr. Rose Grace, piano
Festival 500 The Phenomenon of Singing International Symposium July 2011 St. John’s, Canada The Power of Song – Championing New Music Collaborating in the 21st Century with Dr. Timothy Brown
Bethune-Cookman The 21st Annual Arts & Humanities Advisory Council March 2011 University The Artistic Collaborative Process – Daytona Beach, FL Reaching Out to Our Communities Around the World Including a performance of William Vollinger’s performance piece, Let’s Talk with Dr. Rose Grace, piano
Sigma Alpha Iota Lambda Province Weekend February 2011 Winter Park, FL People-to-People and You
Florida State The Art of Collaborating: November 2010 Music Teachers Supporting Your Local Composer – A Lecture Demonstration Association Featuring music of Timothy Brown, Christine Arens, and Judy Ross Sarasota, FL
Florida Federation Expand Your Club’s Influence: September 2010 Of Music Clubs Commission Compositions and Artists State Fall Session Lakeland, FL
College Music Society The Art of Collaborating: February 2010 Southern Regional Supporting Your Local Composer - A Lecture Demonstration Conference New Orleans, LA
Sigma Alpha Iota Support Your Local Composer July 2009 National Convention A Blue Print for Commissioning New Works Chicago, IL
Polk Community Creativity and Commitment March 2007 College The Lives and Music of Two Extraordinary Women Composers: Winter Haven, FL Dr. Violet Balestreri Archer and Judy Strubhar Ross with Dr. Howard Kim, piano
Palladium Theater Side Door Opera – A Night at the Opera October 2006 St. Petersburg, FL Inaugural Concert of the new Concert Series with Dr. Howard Kim, piano
RECITALS AND CONCERTS Dr. Liana Valente, page 8
Friday Morning Music Club Woman’s Club of Chevy Chase Concert Series Chevy Chase, MD with pianist Dr. Sharon Guertin Shafer March 2019 A Selection of Humorous Songs Hely-Hutchinson: Old Mother Hubbard Duke: Penguin Geometry Kingsley: The Green Dog Dougherty: Love in the Dictionary Heggie: In the Beginning… Shafer: Newspaper Extra!
Howard University Faculty Recital with Dr. Yuri Chayama, piano Washington, DC Repertoire included: February 2019 Violet Archer: April Weather, Green Rain and Under the Sun Shafer: Three Markowski Poems, Crossing, Ocean Arens: Collage of Clicking Clichés
Friday Morning Music Club Composers Concert Series Washington, DC with pianist Dr. Sharon Guertin Shafer February 2019 Songs of Dr. Sharon Guertin Shafer: Reflections of An Artist, The Country Book of Days The Dream of Knife, Fork and Spoon - PREMIERE
Friday Morning Music Club Steinway Gallery Concert Series N. Bethesda, MD with Dr. Yuri Chayama, piano December 2018 Fauré: Chanson d’amour, Les berceaux, Clair de lune, Adieu, Les roses d’Ispahan, Fleur jetée
Friday Morning Music Club Calvary Baptist Church Concert Series Washington, DC with Dr. Yuri Chayama, piano December 2018 Fauré: Chanson d’amour, Les berceaux, Clair de lune, Adieu, Les roses d’Ispahan, Fleur jetée
Friday Morning Music Club Calvary Baptist Church Concert Series Washington, DC with Dr. Paul Schultz, trombone November 2018 Betty Roe: Jazz Songs Sharon Davis: Merrie English Love Songs
National Association of Publishers Showcase – Graphite Publishing Teachers of Singing Art Songs of the 21st Century and 55th National Conference New Models for Composer/Singer Collaborations Las Vegas, NV Featured performer June 2018
Carlyle Towers Guest Artist Recital – An Afternoon of Song Condominiums Liana Valente, soprano and Yuri Chayama, piano Alexandria, VA Repertoire included: April 2018 Violet Archer: In Just Spring Joel Weiss: A Song of Roses from I Love Red Poppies! Rogers and Hammerstein: It Might as Well be Springtime Sharon Guertin Shafer: Family Pet Saves the Day, Again! John Duke: Penguin Geometry Christine Arens: Collage of Clicking Clichés
Friday Morning Music Club Composers Concert Series Washington, DC with pianist Dr. Sharon Guertin Shafer April 2018 Sharon Guertin Shafer: Poems of Love and Life
Dr. Liana Valente, page 9 Howard University Faculty Recital with Professor Charlie Young, Alto Sax Washington, DC Lori Laitman: I Never Saw Another Butterfly March 2018 Contemporary Music Sampler with pianist Laurie Bunn David Rubenstein: That Music Always Round Me Judy Ross: Peace from My Soul Cries Out Joel Weiss: A Song of Roses from I Love Red Poppies! Sharon Guertin Shafer: Crossing
Friday Morning Music Club Composers Concert Series Washington, DC with pianist Dr. Sharon Guertin Shafer February, 2018 Sharon Guertin Shafer: Four Markowski Poems Leslie Bennet: Conversations With Virginia Woolf
Howard University Faculty Recital with Dr. Paul Schultz, Trombone Washington, DC and Laurie Bunn, Piano January, 2018 Joseph I, Emperor of Austria: Alme Ingrate Sharon Davis: Merrie English Love Songs
Christ the King Evensong Service – A Service of Light Anglican Church with Mrs. Ann Lee, piano Alexandria, VA Vernon Eville: I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes January, 2018 Ernest Charles: Psalm of Exaltation Samuel Liddle: How Lovely Are They Dwellings
Christ Lutheran Church Rock Creek Chamber Players Concert Series Bethesda, MD Dr. Sharon Guertin Shafer: The Artist Speaks: Creative Conduit January 2018
Friday Morning Music Club Strathmore Mansion Concert Series N Bethesda, MD with Dr. Charles Timbrell, piano December 2017 Debussy: Chanson de Bilitis
Friday Morning Music Club Calvary Baptist Church Concert Series Washington, DC with pianist Dr. Sharon Guertin Shafer December 2017 Humorous Songs by Dougherty, Duke, Hely-Hutchinson, Kingsley, Heggie and Sharon Shafer
Friday Morning Music Club Composers Concert Series Washington, DC Sharon Guertin Shafer: Gene Markowski Poems September 2017 Leslie Bennett: Conversations With Virginia Woolf
Sunway University Guest American Concerts with Stephanie Dickinson, piano Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Featuring music written for Dr. Valente by David Rubenstein, Derek July 2017 Healey, Judy Ross, Sharon Shafer, Joel Weiss, Christine Arens
Dayton, Ohio National Federation of Music Clubs Biennial Convention June 2017 Jim McCutcheon: On Wine… for voice and guitar
Howard University Spring Symphony Orchestra Concert, Tim Maček Conductor Washington, DC Mozart: Vedrai, carino from Don Giovanni April 2017 Handel: Piangero la sorte mia from Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Friday Morning Music Club Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia Fairfax, VA Laitman: I Never Saw Another Butterfly February 2017 with Dr. Albert Hunt, clarinet
Friday Morning Music Club Composers Concert Series with Dr. Sharon Shafer, piano Washington, DC Sharon Guertin Shafer: Poems of Love and Life December 2016 Dr. Liana Valente, page 10 Howard University Faculty Recital with Laurie Bunn and Henrik Karlsson Washington, DC Rubenstein: That Music Always Round Me September 2016 Weiss: I Love Red Poppies McCutcheon: On Wine…
National Association of Publishers Showcase – Graphite Publishing Teachers of Singing Bold and Brave: Art Songs for the 21st Century 54th National Conference Featured performer Chicago, IL July 2016
Friday Morning Music Club Strathmore Mansion Concert Series N Bethesda, MD Sharon Guertin Shafer: The Artist Speaks: Creative Conduit April 2016
Friday Morning Music Club Composers Concert Series Washington, DC Sharon Guertin Shafer: The Artist Speaks: Creative Conduit February 2016
Friday Morning Music Club Old Town Hall Concert Series with Dr. Albert Hunt, clarinet Fairfax, VA Laitman: Butterfly from I Never Saw Another Butterfly February 2016 Vollinger: The Child in the Hole
Friday Morning Music Club Old Town Hall Concert Series Fairfax, VA Ross: Crossing the Bar January 2016 Healey: Tall Nettles from Five Edward Thomas Songs Vollinger: Bridge and Roses from Acts of Kindness Selections from 15 Minutes of Fame Weiss: The Gleaner from I Love Red Poppies
Old Town Hall Bonita Lestina Concert Series Fairfax, VA with Dr. Albert Hunt, clarinet and Immanuela Gruenberg, piano January 2016 Spohr: Sechs deutsche Lieder (Six German Songs)
DAR Constitution Hall MusicUntold - Abolition of Slavery Concert Washington, DC 150th Anniversary 13th Amendment US Constitution November 2015 Miller and Jackson: Let There Be Peace on Earth Berlin: God Bless America
Vineville UMC Music and the Arts at Vineville Concert Series Macon, GA with Susan McDuffie, piano November 2015 Handel: Oh, Had I Jubal’s Lyre from Joshua Copland: Selections from 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson Arens: Collage of Clicking Clichés
Sigma Alpha Iota Musicale with Sara Bong, piano National Convention Art songs of Judy Strubhar Ross Chicago, IL July 2015
Friday Morning Music Club Westminster at Lake Ridge Concert Series Lake Ridge, VA with Felicia Weiss, piano and Dr. Albert Hunt, clarinet May 2015 Mozart: Parto, Parto from La Clemenza di Tito Schubert: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen
Friday Morning Music Club Collington Community Concert Series Mitchellville, MD 15 Minutes of Fame – a collection of 15 one-minute compositions January 2015 written for Liana Valente, soprano and piano Dr. Liana Valente, page 11 Friday Morning Music Club Steinway Concert Series with Yuri Chamaya, piano N. Bethesda, MD Selected songs of Canada’s Violet Archer October 2014
Friendship Heights An Evening of American Songs with Jeongseon Choi, piano Community Center William Vollinger: Acts of Kindness Washington, DC Christine Arens: Collage of Clicking Clichés May 2014 and a collection of favorite Broadway selections
Friday Morning Music Club The Mansion at Strathmore Series N Bethesda, MD with Felicia Weiss, piano and Dr. Albert Hunt, clarinet May 2014 Spohr: Sechs Deutsche Lieder
Vox Novus Composers Voice Concert Series with Sara Bong, piano Jan Hus Presbyterian Church NYC Premiere of 15 Minutes of Fame - A Project of Vox Novus New York, NY Judy Strubhar Ross: Selected songs including “The White Heron” November 2013 Derek Healey: Selections from Five Edward Thomas Poems William Vollinger: Let’s Talk
Catholic University An Afternoon of New Music with Dr. Jason Lovelace, piano of America Simpson: The Face of all the World is Changed Washington, DC from A Crown of Stars April 2013 Justus Parrotta: Out in the Fields with God Dr. Jason Lovelace: A Tale of Thee Cyclones, and Forecast in Lydian 15 Minutes of Fame - A Project of Vox Novus
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Midday Meditations with Patrick Fleitz, piano Lakeland, FL Hoiby: Where the Music Comes January 2013 Vollinger: Acts of Kindness
Rollins College Fall Faculty Recital with Kathy Slage, piano Winter Park, FL with pianist Kathy Slage September 2012 Vollinger: Let’s Talk
Sigma Alpha Iota 2012 Welcome Luncheon Featured Presenter with Sharla Mercado National Convention Arens: Collage of Clicking Clichés Atlanta, GA August 2012
College Music Society Northeastern Regional Conference with James Welch, piano Fredonia, NY Brown: Dreams Kept, Dreams Deferred March 2012 Lovelace: Cleo from A Tale of Three Cyclones with Dr. Jason Lovelace, piano
College Music Society Southern Regional Conference with Rebecca Vincent, Clarinet Tampa, FL William Vollinger: The Child in the Hole February 2012
Bethune-Cookman University Guest Artist Recital with Dr. Rose Grace, piano Daytona, FL Featuring music by William Vollinger, Judy Ross, November 2011 Christine Arens, Derek Healey and John Valerio
Tuesday Music Club An Evening of Song with Dr. Rose Grace, piano Lakeland, FL Featuring music by William Vollinger, Violet Archer, June 2011 Derek Healey, Judy Ross and Christine Arens
Dr. Liana Valente, page 12 Catholic University Faculty Lecture Recital – Guest Artist of America Presented by Dr. Jason Lovelace and Dr. Liana Valente Washington, DC Featuring a performance of A Tale of Three Cyclones April 2011
College Music Society South Central Conference with Dr. Jason R. Lovelace, piano Little Rock, AR Lovelace: A Tale of Three Cyclones
Sigma Alpha Iota 2011 Lambda Province Weekend with Rebecca Vincent, Clarinet Winter Park, FL Vollinger: The Child in the Hole February 2011
Society of Composers, Inc. Morning Composers Concert with Chan Kiat Lim, piano 2010 National Conference Brown: Dreams Kept, Dreams Deferred Columbia, SC November 2010
Florida Federation State Fall Session - Musical Interlude with Christine Arens, piano of Music Clubs Arens: Collage of Clicking Clichés Lakeland, FL September 2010
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Midday Meditations with Patrick Fleitz , piano Lakeland, FL Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915 March 2010
Sigma Alpha Iota Province Day Recital with Jack Rain and Christine Arens, piano Tampa, FL and Kim McCormick, flute January 2010 Diamond: Mad Maid Song Arens: Collage of Clicking Clichés
University of South Florida Resident Artist Series Tampa, FL Faculty Chamber Music Concert October 2009
University of South Florida Resident Artist Series with Christine Arens, piano Tampa, Fl An Evening of Contemporary Song January 2009 Ross: My Soul Cries Out – A Cycle of Reflective Songs O’Riordan: Bergstresser Songs Healey: First Set of Edward Thomas Poems Arens: Collage of Clicking Clichés
Lakeland Choral Society Ein Deutches Requiem, Soprano Soloist Lakeland, FL Dr. Larry Sledge, conductor March 2008
Tuesday Music Club Ringing in the Holiday Season with James Jordan, piano Lakeland, FL Traditional Holiday standards including I’ll Be Home for Christmas, December 2007 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, and In the Bleak Mid-Winter
All Saints’ Episcopal An Afternoon of Song - A Benefit Recital with James Jordan, piano Church Handel: O, Had I Jubal’s Lyre from Joshua Lakeland, FL Copland: Excerpts from 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson June 2007 Barber: Excerpts from Hermit Songs
Dr. Liana Valente, page 13 FloriMezzo Orchestra FloriMezzo Goes to the Opera with Judith Alstadter, piano and Palladium Theater and Jessica Calandra, clarinet St. Petersburg, FL Schubert: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (The Shepherd on the Rock) March 2007 Offenbach: Barcarolle with mezzo-soprano Perri Montanè
FloriMezzo Orchestra Going for Baroque Concert celebrating Dali & The Spanish Baroque Dali Museum with Hilton Jones, piano St. Petersburg, FL Purcell: If Music Be the Food of love February 2007 Hark! The ech’ing Air When I am Laid in Earth from Dido and Aeneas
FloriMezzo Orchestra Carnival of Disguise Chamber Music Series Palladium Theater with Judith Alstadter, piano and Nicole Daley, trumpet St. Petersburg, FL Schubert: Gretchen am Spinnrade October 2006 Hely-Hutchinson: Old Mother Hubbard (in the style of Handel) Plog: Animal Ditties for narrator, trumpet and piano
SELECTED OPERATIC PERFORMANCES Dr. Liana Valente, page 14
Frasquita Carmen Miami Lyric Opera, FL Doris Long Kosloff, Conductor Raffaele Cardone, Artistic Director
The Mother Amahl and the Night Visitors Opera Theater of Lakeland, FL Stephen Scovasso, Director
The Witch Hansel and Gretel Harrison School for the Arts, FL Judy McLaurin, Director Guest artist
Berta Il Barbiere di Siviglia Miami Lyric Opera, FL Raffaele Cardone, Director Beverly Coulter, Conductor
Berta Il Barbiere di Siviglia St. Petersburg Opera, FL Jon Truitt, Director Mark Sforzini, Artistic Director
Gala Concert Raffaele Cardone Miami Lyric Opera, FL Artistic Director
Rosmene Imeneo South Carolina Opera Theater David Toulson, Director Albert LeDoux, Conductor
Frasquita Carmen South Carolina Opera Theater Talmage Fauntleroy, Director Manuel Alvarez, Conductor
Laetitia Old Maid and the Thief South Carolina Opera Theater Donald Gray, Director
Betty Falstaff by Salieri South Carolina Opera Theater Talmage Fauntleroy, Director Alessandro Amoretti, Conductor
The Goddess Minerva Orpheus in the Underworld Brevard Music Center, NC David Holley, Director Julian Dawson, Conductor
Central Georgia Opera Guild annual Opera Education Week Soprano soloist hired for workshops and performances throughout Central Georgia Wrote, directed, and performed in the Educational Outreach program presented at public schools Performed operatic arias and ensembles during the annual Opera Gala and at fund-raising functions
SELECTED DRAMATIC/MUSICAL EXPERIENCE
Principal Performer Jingling All the Way StageCoach Theatre Co., VA Christmas Cabaret written and directed by Liana Valente
The Wicked Witch Monsters Undercover StageCoach Theatre Co., VA An interactive Murder Mystery
Sharon Graham Master Class Theater Macon, GA
Golde Fiddler on the Roof Brevard Music Center, NC
Motion Picture Extra Box of Moonlight Axium Productions, Inc.
Berdine Psycho Beach Party University of Tennessee
PUBLICATIONS Dr. Liana Valente, page 15
“From NFMC’s UN Representative: Liana Valente” Music Clubs Magazine. Spring 2019, Vol. 98, No. 3
“59th Biennial Convention Wrap-up” Music Clubs Magazine. Autumn 2017, Vol. 97, No. 1
National Federation of Music Clubs 2017 – 2020 Federation Festivals Bulletin Solo Voice Repertoire Adviser © NFMC 2016
The Rock Newman Show, hosted by Rock Newman A production of WHUT, Howard University Television. Recorded in Washington, DC Air Dates: November 18 and 19, 2015 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8SBjLkEjxQ
“Preparing our Students to Say Goodbye” Journal of Singing. November/December 2015. Volume 72. No. 2
“Looking Back at a Triennium of Music Donations” Pan Pipes. Volume 107, Number 3/Spring 2015
“When It Is Time to Say Goodbye” Journal of Singing, January/February 2015, Volume 71. No. 3
“People-to-People Continues Tradition of Assistance” Pan Pipes. Volume 106, Number 3/Spring 2014
“In their Own Words: People-to-People Project” Pan Pipes. Volume 105, Number 3/Spring 2013
“People-to-People Prepared for the Next Triennium” Pan Pipes. Volume 105, Number 1/Fall 2012
“Continuing Our Legacy, Expanding Our Influence” Pan Pipes. Volume 104, Number 3/Spring 2012
“Project Assists Tanzania Students of SAIs” Pan Pipes. Volume 104, Number 2/Winter 2012
“FAMA Grant Recipient Performs” Music Clubs Magazine. Winter 2012, Vol. 91, No. 2
“People-to-People: Helping Children Through Music” Pan Pipes. Volume 103, Number 3/Spring 2011
“People-to-People Reaches Around the World” Pan Pipes. Volume 102, Number 4/Summer 2010
Honor Cord, the online E-zine published by Phi Kappa Phi. June, February 2008; October 2007 “Traveling Along the Tenure Track” A three-part series
“What Can We Learn From the Student Athlete?” (Excerpt) Forum, the Phi Kappa Phi Journal. Fall 2004
STUDIO GPR, hosted by Terrance McKnight A production of Georgia Public Broadcasting, recorded in the Atlanta Georgia Public Radio Studios Interview and performance with pianist Dr. Christy Lee Air dates: Thursday, March 27 and Sunday, March 30, 2003
“Violet Archer: ‘O Canada,’ Her Canada” Pan Pipes. Volume 93, Number 2/Winter 2001
RELATED STUDIES AND SEMINARS Dr. Liana Valente, page 16
Brevard Conference on Music Entrepreneurship Michael Drapkin, Executive Director Brevard Music Center Brevard, North Carolina Summer 2007
Somatic Voicework/The LoVetri Method Music Theater Vocal Pedagogy Certificate Program Jeanette LoVetri, clinician Earned Level I and II Certification in Contemporary Shenandoah University Commercial Music/Music Theater Winchester, Virginia Summers 2003, 2004
Alexander Technique Seminar Enhancing Relationships and Our Experience of Tommy Thompson, instructor Them Through the Alexander Technique Boston, Massachusetts Summer 2002
Richard Miller Institute Participant in the annual workshop conducted by Belmont University Professor Richard Miller; performed on a featured Summer 2001 master class
International Conductor’s Institute Participant in the Discovery Program, directed by University of South Carolina Dr. Manuel Alvarez Summer 1997
EDUCATION
Doctor of Musical Arts University of South Carolina, Columbia (1999) Vocal Performance Graduate Teaching Assistant Dissertation Document: Violet Balestreri Archer: Her Life, Her Vocal Literature, and Her Influence on Contemporary Canadian Music Dissertation housed at: The Morisset Library for the Isobel Firestone Library at the University of Ottawa The Canadian Music Centre, Toronto University of South Carolina School of Music
Master of Music University of Tennessee, Knoxville (1992) Vocal Performance R&M Acuff Music Scholarships
Bachelor of Music State University of New York College at Fredonia (1988) Vocal Performance National Dean’s List
Certification New York State Teaching Certificate (1993/Provisional) General/Choral Music grades K-12
AWARDS AND HONORS Dr. Liana Valente, page 17 Let’s Talk, a performance piece written by William Vollinger (composer) and Liana Valente (co-librettist) awarded the 2019 American Prize Special Judges' Citation for "Skilled theatrical sense and abundant humor utilizing materials from other sources."
Recipient Howard University Summer Faculty Research Fellowship to support the completion of a new text book, From the Score to the Stage: A Musical Training Guide for Collegiate Musical Theatre Students, 2019
Appointed as the National Federation of Music Clubs Representative to the United Nations Department of Global Communications, 2016
Sigma Alpha Iota - Recipient Rose of Honor, 2013
Recipient Sigma Alpha Iota Professional Development/Education Grant, 2013 Awarded to support New York City Recital debut on the Vox Novus Composer’s Voice Series
Music Teachers National Association – Nationally Certified Teacher of Music, 2012
Recipient National Federation of Music Clubs FAMA Grant, 2011 Awarded to support participation at The Phenomenon of Singing International Symposium VIII
Recipient Sigma Alpha Iota Professional Development/Education Grant, 2011 Awarded to support participation at The Phenomenon of Singing International Symposium VIII
Key Note Speaker Sigma Alpha Iota Lambda Province Day Celebration, 2010 Presentation Titles: Life Of A Rose and People-to-People – The Project Supported by YOU
Wesleyan College - Honors Professor of the Year, 2003
Pellissippi State Technical Community College - Outstanding Adjunct Instructor of the Year, 2001
NATIONAL ANTHEM PERFORMANCES Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball, Oriole Park at Camden Yards Tampa Bay Lightning, National Hockey League, St. Pete Times Forum Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Tropicana Field Atlanta Braves, Major League Baseball, Turner Field Cleveland Indians, Major League Baseball, Chain of Lakes Park Detroit Tigers, Major League Baseball, Joker Marchant Stadium Macon Whoopee! East Coast Hockey League, Macon Coliseum Atomic Motor Speedway, NASCAR sanctioned race track, East Tennessee
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS College Music Society Music Teachers National Association, Nationally Certified Teacher of Music NVMTA – Chair, String Achievement Student Competition (2015) National Association of Teachers of Singing National Federation of Music Clubs Appointed as Chair, 2021 National Convention NFMC Representative to the United Nations (2016 – Present) Chair Student/Collegiate Awards (2019 – 2021) Member FAMA Board (2013 – 2025) Chair, Music in Schools and Colleges (2017 – 2019) Member of Arts Advocacy Committee (2015 – 2017) Virginia Federation of Music Clubs Coordinator of Student/Collegiate Competitions (2016 - 2019) 2nd Vice President (2016 – 2018) Florida Federation of Music Clubs – Chair, Arts Division (2011 – 2013) The Tuesday Music Club of Lakeland (National Federation of Music Clubs), 1st VP (2010 – 2013) Sigma Alpha Iota – Director, People to People Project (2009 - 2015)